Reminders for Scheduled Transports and Information We may also also contact you to provide you with a reminder of any scheduled appointments for non-emergency ambulance and medical transportation, or to provider information about other services we provide.

 

Use and dusclosure of PHI without Your Authorization. Keystone Quality Transport is permitted to use PHI without your written authorization, or opportunity to object, in certain situations, and unless prohibited by a more strigent state law, including:

 

• For the treatment, payment or health careoperations activities of another health care provider who treats you;

• For health care and legal compliance activities;

• To a family member, other relative, or close personal friend or other individual involved in you care if we obtain your verbal agreement to do so or if we give you an opportunity to object to such a disclosure and you do not raise an objection, and in certain other circumstances where we are unable to obtain your agreement and believe the disclosure is in your best interests;

• To a public health authority in certain situations as required by law (such as to report abuse, neglect or domestic violence;

• For health oversight activities including audits or goverment investigations, inspections discip

• For judical and administrative proceedings as required by a court or administrative order, or in some cases in response to a subpoena or other legal process;

• For the law enforcement activities in limited situations, such as when responding to a warrant;

• For the military, national defense and security and other special government functions;

 

 

 

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KEYSTONE QUALITY TRANSPORT

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.

PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY

 

KEYSTONE QUALITY TRANSPORT is required by law to maintain the privacy of certian confidential health care information, known as Protected Health Information or PHI, and to provide you with a notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with request to you phi. Keystone Quality Transport also required to abide by the terms of the version of this Notice currently in effect.

 

Uses and disclosure of PHI: Keystone Quality Tranpsport may use PhI for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations, in most cases without your written permission.

Examples of our use of you PHI:

 

For treatment. This includes such things as obtaining verbal and written information about your medical condition and treatment from you as well as from others, such as doctors and nurses who give orders to allow us to provide treatment to you. We may give your PHI to other health care providers involved in your treatment, and may transfer your PHI via radio or telephone to the hospital or dispatch center.

 

For payment. This includes any activities we must undertake in order to get reimbursed for the services we provide to you, including such things as submitting bills to insurance companies, making medical necessity determinations and collecting outstanding accounts.

 

For health care operations. This includes Quality assurance activities, licensing, and training programs to ensure that our personnel meet our standards of care and follow established policies and procedures, as well as certain other management functions.